Telescoping container



Oct. 29, 1935. c. H. RASMUSSEN 2,018,742

TELESCOPING CONTAINER Filed April 20, 1952 INVENTOR ATTORNEY PatentedOct. 29, 1935 UNET STATES PATENT OFFICE TELESCOPING CONTAINERApplication April 20, 1932, Serial No. 606,379

2 Claims.

such containers with interlocking means which will more securely holdthe two members of the container together regardless of the position ofone member with respect to the other and also to provide a constructionwhich will permit greater tolerance in the fit of the two members. It ispossible to assemble the cover and body of a square, telescopiccontainer in any one of four relations and ordinarily, where engagingmeans are used, much time is lost in placing the members of thecontainer in proper relation to engage one another properly. By the useof my invention no attention need be paid to the relation of the twomembers as they will always interlock regardless of their relativepositions.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a view of one member (the cover) lookinginward; Fig. 2 a like view of the second member (the body) and Fig. 3 asectional view of the two members engaged with one another.

My invention is applicable only to square containers consisting of twotelescoping members.

The first member (or cover) comprises a top I and side walls 2, 3, 4 and5 of equal length. An indentation 6 is formed in one side wall 2 and anindentation l is formed in an adjoining side wall 3. The indentation 6is the same distance from' the side wall 5 as the indentation l is-fromthe side wall 2.

The second member (or body) comprises a bottom 8 and side walls 9, In, Hand ll of equal length. An indentation I3 is formed in a side wall 9 andan indentation I4 is formed in an opposite side wall H. Theseindentations l3 and M are located at the same distance from diagonallyopposite corners of the second member as the indentations 6 and l arefrom their respective corners of the first member so that indentationson the two members will mesh when the members are telescoped.

I prefer to centrally locate all the indentations in the middle of therespective walls as shown in the drawing.

The indentations 6, 1, l3 and !4 may be either inward or outward.

The two members differ in size sufficiently to enable one member totelescope on the other.

Due to the fact that the indentations on the first member are inadjoining side walls while the indentations in the second member are inopposite side walls it makes no difference what the relation of onemember may be with respect to the other, one of the indentations 6 or Iwill always mesh or engage with one of the indentations l3 5 or [4 onthe other member. The unmeshed indentation l3 or M will press against asmooth side wall of the first member and tend not only to more deeplyengage the opposite meshed indentations but will also increase thefrictional 10 grip between the two members.

By this construction the telescoping fit between the two members mayhave greater latitude or tolerance than is permissible when theindentations are not employed so that the two members 15 are at alltimes securely held together.

1. A container consisting of two substantially square telescopingmembers, each having side walls, contiguous side walls of one of saidmembers having depression forming indentations therein, one of saidindentations being spaced from the corner at one end of the Wall inwhich it is formed, the same distance that the indentation formed in thecontiguous wall is spaced from the corner at the opposite end of thesame wall, and the opposite side walls of the other of said membershaving nub forming indentations spaced respectively from diagonallyopposite corners of said member the same distance as said depressionsare spaced from a corner, whereby in assembling said members, one ofsaid nubs will enter one of said depressions and the other of said nubswill engage a side wall of the other member and cause such relativemovement of said members as to develop a binding action between oppositesides of said members.

2. A container consisting of two substantially square telescopingmembers, each having side walls, contiguous side walls of one of saidmembers having depression forming indentations therein each locatedcentrally of the length of a wall, and the opposite side walls of theother of said members having nub forming indentations each locatedcentrally of the length of a wall, whereby in assembling said membersone of said nubs will enter one of said depressions and the other ofsaid nubs will engage a side wall of the other member and cause suchrelative movement of said members as to develop a binding action betweenopposite sides of said members.

CHARLES H. RASMUSSEN.

